ADAM BERNSTEIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03156146 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-07
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,147

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
Net Worth
£9k
Current Assets
£21k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£21kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£9.1k—
Current assets£21.3k—
Cash£11.9k—
Debtors£9.4k—
Net assets£9.1k—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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  2. 2024-06-25
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  3. 2023-09-04
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  4. 2022-07-20
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  5. 2021-08-04
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  6. 2020-12-09
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  7. 2019-04-23
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  8. 2018-09-24
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  9. 2017-06-28
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  10. 2016-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-10
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    BERNSTEIN, Samantha Wendy appointed
    director
  12. 2016-08-10
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    BERNSTEIN, Samantha Wendy resigned
    secretary
  13. 2016-08-10
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  14. 2016-08-10
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-01-27
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  16. 2015-10-02
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  17. 2015-01-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 1996-02-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAM BERNSTEIN LIMITED
  19. 1996-02-07
    ➕
    BERNSTEIN, Adam Neil appointed
    director
  20. 1996-02-07
    ➕
    BERNSTEIN, Samantha Wendy appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-02-07
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1996-02-07
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-02-07
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1996-02-07
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BERNSTEIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adam Neil Bernstein
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Samantha Wendy Bernstein
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

Old Stocks
The Green
Aston Rowant
Oxon
OX49 5ST

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BERNSTEIN, Adam Neil→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERNSTEIN, Samantha Wendy→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERNSTEIN, Samantha Wendy→
secretary · appointed 1996-02-07 · resigned 2016-08-10
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-07 · resigned 1996-02-07
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-02-07 · resigned 1996-02-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-28